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Harambee Stars captain Omar eager to impress at home
The Standard
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Harambee Stars captain Abud Omar in training. [FKF Media] Harambee Stars captain Abud Omar says Kenya is fully prepared for the upcoming 2024 African Nations Championship (Chan) as the team gears up for their opening match against DR Congo this...
We don’t wish to go back to Zambia – Lungu’s family
Zambian Eye
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July 12, 2025
537 Views Widow Esther Lungu with Daughter Tasila Lungu FORMER First Lady Esther Lungu has told the Pretoria High Court in South Africa that she, together with her sister in law Bertha Lungu and children, Tasila, Dalitso and Chiyeso Lungu no...
Trump hits Nigeria with 15% tariff in revised global trade blitz
The Cable
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August 1, 2025
Nigeria and a raft of African countries have been hit with a 15 percent import tariff following a sweeping executive order from United States President Donald Trump. The White House announced the modified reciprocal tariff rates on Thursday....
Zambia’s economy: 4% growth amidst drought and power outages
ESI Africa
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July 4, 2025
Despite a historic drought and frequent power outages in 2024, Zambia’s economy showed remarkable resilience. Preliminary data indicates a 4% economic expansion, driven by mining sector rebound and services growth. This is according to the latest...
Spotlight on Landlocked Developing Countries Ahead of Third UN Conference
Inter Press Service
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August 1, 2025
Africa, Climate Change, Conferences, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Inequality, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Least Developed Countries, Population, Small...
We don’t wish to come back to Zambia – Lungu family
Zambian Observer
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July 12, 2025
We don’t wish to come back to Zambia – Lungu family FORMER First Lady Esther Lungu has told the Pretoria High Court in South Africa that she, together with her sister in law Bertha Lungu and children, Tasila, Dalitso and Chiyeso Lungu no longer...
Emirates announces new commercial appointments in Africa, Asia
Travel & Tourism News Middle East
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Travel, Tourism & Hospitality July 2025 161 Emirates has appointed members to its strategic commercial team to expand its presence in West Asia, the Indian Ocean, and Africa. These appointments aim to enhance the airline's operations and develop...
Morocco and Zambia win to reach Wafcon quarter-finals
BBC
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July 12, 2025
The atmosphere inside the Olympic Stadium in Rabat was crackling with anticipation ahead of kick-off between Morocco and Senegal and, for the first time this tournament, there was not a spare seat to be seen. Pounding drums helped lift the volume...
CIDRZ’s PEN-Plus Expansion Brings Hope as Chifubu Clinic Open: Drawing Lessons from Prior Successes.
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
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August 1, 2025
CIDRZ, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and key stakeholders, has continued to scale up access to care for severe and chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through its PEN-Plus clinics, already established in Matero, Mwachisompola,...
Govt Reacts After Trump Spares Kenya From New Tariffs
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 1, 2025
President William Ruto's administration has commended the United States government for retaining its reciprocal tariff at 10 per cent, the lowest rate among nations with comparable export interests. Trade Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui, in a...
Terrorist who ‘confessed to masterminding 7/7 attack could be freed within days’
Metro
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August 1, 2025
Haroon Aswat, 50, could be home living with family in West Yorkshire as soon as next week (Picture: Getty) A convicted Al Qaeda captain could be released from detention in a psychiatric hospital within days without being formally risk assessed, it...
From cattle to crayfish, human pressures mount on Zambia’s Kafue River
Mongabay
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July 11, 2025
A group of scientists paddled the length of Zambia’s Kafue River to document ecological pressures, including invasive species, habitat changes and human encroachment. Australian red-clawed crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) have infested the river,...
CHAN: List of Major Nairobi Roads to Be Closed From Sunday
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 1, 2025
Traffic is set to be disrupted along several key roads in Nairobi ahead of the Harambee Stars’ opening game in the 2024 African Nations Championships on Sunday, August 3. An alert was issued by Nairobi traffic police boss Joseph Chirchir ahead of...
Double Standards in the Dirt: When Zambians Mine, It’s ‘Illegal’; When Foreigners Do It, They’re ‘Investors’
Zambian Eye
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July 9, 2025
65 Views Paramilitary Police Officers deployed in Mufumbwe to disperse 25,000 illegal Miners By Thandiwe Ketiš Ngoma In the heart of Zambia’s mineral-rich soil lies a bitter truth, a truth so twisted it forces me to ask the haunting question: Who...
A Nation on Trial: When Bills Become Bullets and Truth Becomes a Rumour
Zambian Observer
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August 1, 2025
A Nation on Trial: When Bills Become Bullets and Truth Becomes a Rumour By Dr Mwelwa When a government begins to write laws not for freedom, but for fear, not to protect the people, but to protect itself from them, then tyranny is not at the...
Mining spill highlights need to protect Zambia’s vital Kafue River & its fish
Mongabay
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July 10, 2025
Researchers from The Wilderness Project (TWP) are documenting fish diversity along Zambia’s Kafue River to build a DNA reference library. The TWP scientists are collecting fin clippings and environmental DNA to help identify species, including...
Folk singer, 19, first person killed by 'freak' coyotes in gruesome attack
Daily Star
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July 31, 2025
At just 19, Taylor Mitchell became the first known adult to tragically lose her life in a fatal coyote attack while hiking on a popular Canadian trail, leaving experts puzzled over the circumstances of the incident. Earlier this month a British...
The U.S. Is About To Slap The World's Most Positive Country With A Travel Ban
The Travel
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July 7, 2025
The "New American Travel Anxiety" is real, and it's not limited to foreigners planning to visit the U.S. amid the Trump administration's controversial border policies. Experts also revealed that Trump's tariffs are impacting almost half of...
Govt demands to inspect Lungu’s body
Zambian Eye
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July 29, 2025
184 Views …Sends A Representative To Pretoria The Attorney General of the Republic of Zambia has made an urgent application to Mashele Attorneys, lawyers for the Edgar Lungu family, to be granted permission for the representative of the State to...
Full list of Donald Trump’s new tariffs set to come into force next week
Metro
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August 1, 2025
Economists expect the global economy to suffer as a result of the new measures (Picture: Shutterstock) Donald Trump has signed the executive order which will bring into force sweeping new tariffs on imports from dozens of countries. In a major...